Bottle attachment.



W. R. GLOUGH.

BOTTLE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR.6,1911.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

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WILLIAM, nooKwnLL Grocer-r, or ALron'nnw HAlvrrsHrlal-l.

Application flied April e, 1911. serial nacimos.

`.To all whom t may concern y Be it known that l, WILLIAM ROOKWELL @Louer-I, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Alton, in the county of Belknap and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvelnents in Bottle Attachments, ofI which they following is a specification. i

The invention residesy in means suitably connecting a cork-screw with 'the cork of a bottle and allowing the cork-screw to hang.v downwardly parallel with -the bottle-neem:

and the object of the invention is to provide convenient means for so connecting a corkscrew with the bottle with which it is `to be g ultimately'used that the corkscrew will not become detached or lost during the handling, packing or shipment of the bottle or its display o-r handling whenin the possession ofthe retailer. t l

l contemplate more `particularly the connection .tobottle-corks ofthe one-piece wire corkscrews 4of the general class described and shown yin Letters `Patentk No. 161,755 granted `to lne on yApril 6, l'1875,many1millions of which corkscrewsare and for years have been manufactured and` sold annually.` rIhe subject lof the temporary.connection ofthese corkscrews to .bottles with -wliichthey are finally to be used, has receivedconsiderl able thought, and while several means have been suggested to meet the well recognized,

want, it is known inthe trade that novery satisfactory lneans for thus securing the corkscrews has heretofore gone into use, the

,l most usualexpedient for connecting the corkscrews to bottles being rubber bands applied to bind the corkscrews against the bottles. The use of rubber bands for thepurpose avoids the employment of strings,

wires and the like, but they are nevertheless insecure and leave the corkscrews projecting in all directions andareotherwise yunsatiscorkscrew to thebottle, `andasa further;

BOTTLE ATTACHMENT.

Speccation of Letters Patent;` l 'Patented Dec. 15, 1914;.

elelnentof .Said means I provide an attaching member comprising ar body to be detachably securedat its inner end tothe cork` and having at itsv outer end a reversely turned part creating a loop to receive and hold the ring of a corkscrewand allow the lattertoy hang therefrom at theside of the bottle-neck, said loop ybeing,` wheny in use, c

closed at its inner or `entrance lend by the top ofthe `corkor the sidel of the( cork or the side of the lip of the bottle `or otherwiseso that the corkscrew may not: be jarredtherefrom. f

The'. invention` willl be fully understood'Y from vthe detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being hadcto the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure lisa central'y ertical section, partly broken away, through a bottle and its cork or stopper equipped witlracorkscrew holding attachment embodying `my invention; Fig.2 is a top viewo'f thesame; Fig. 3 j

is a detached perspective View of the attachment for, connecting thecorkscrew with `the soy cork; Figli is a like view of a modified form or outline of the same lFig. Sis a view corresponding with Fig. lbut showing a, modified forln of the attachment in which` theinner or entrance end of the loop is closed` by 'thefside of thel cork; Fig.- G is `a like-view of a further modification of the inventioninwhich theV inner end of the loop member is 7closed vby the side of the' lipuof the bottle; Fig. 7 is a detached top viewof the' attachment shown in Fig. k6; and Fig. 8

is a side elevation, partlybroken away, `of a further modified form of attachment` embodying my invention in itsbroader scope. In the drawings, 10 designates a bottle or `flask 'ofknown character'having a neck 11 anddlipl and, as shown, closed by a cork 13 with which, referring to Figs.' 1, 2 and 3, by' means of a suitable attachment 14,v

a cork-screw 35 intended for ultimate usein extracting `the" .said cork, ls connected. The

bottle 10,'cork 13, and corkscrew 35 fare of'y usual or suitable form and f construction. The attachment orconnection 14, referring torFigs. 1, 2 rand 3, is in one integral piece of sheet metal comprising a horizontal body portion 1.5, a prong 16, extending downwardly from the innerend thereofand embedded in the cork `13, and a reversely bent loop-member' 17 extending inwardly from the outer end of and belowfsaid body portion and termina,ting above the cork `13,

whereby a loop 18 is created to receive the ring of the corkscrew 35 and permit.V the latter to hang downwardly at the side of thev neck of the bottle. By reason of the inner end of the loop-member 17 being above the cork 13 and, with the `body portion 15,A

from escaping therefrom until the attach-A ment 14, when the bottlel is in the hands of the consumer, is detached from said cork.

1 The body portion 15 of the attachment extends horizontally beyond the edge of the bottle-lip 12 so thatthe corkscrew may hang suspended therefrom in close relation to the side of the bottle-neck.` Preferably the attachment 14 is in one integral piece of sheet tin and the body-portion 15 thereof is preferably approximately ofelliptical outline so -as to afford an adequate plane surface s against which the pressure of the thumb may be exerted in driving the prong 16 into the cork 13.

In assembling the parts the ring or handle of the corkscrew is inserted in thel loop 18 and then the attachment 14 is applied to the cork 13 by pressing the `prong 16` downwardly into the upper end thereof until the inner end of the loop-member 17 and body 15 are closeagainst the top of the cork, and

thereupon the corkscrew will have been se-v curely, though detachably, connected-with the cork and also with the bottle provided thev cork is in the bottle at the time the attachment 14 and corkscrew 35 are applied thereto. The attachment 14 and corkscrew 35 may be applied to the cork either before or after the cork is inserted in the bottle'- mouth.

The attachment 14 is comparatively inexpensive of construction and may not only be conveniently applied to thercorkl13ffor effectually connecting the corkscrewto the bottle but readily detached therefrom so as to release the corkscrew and permit its use in extracting the cork from the bottle. When the bottle is in the hands of the consumer, the attachment 14 may be vwithdrawn from the cork and the corkscrew released from'said attachment and screwed into the cork for use in extracting the cork in the usual way.

In Fig. 4 the attachment is shown as having plane parallel orstraight edges in its body portionl in lieu of the oppositely convexed edges presented in Fig. 3. The attachment shown in Fig. 4 being a modification, I number the body portion thereof 19, its prong 20 and its loop-member 21.

In Fig. 5 the attachment is shown as made from a rod of wire bent to form the body portion 22, prong 23 and loop-member 24, and in this instancethe inner end of the loop-member instead of being on the top of the cork 13 terminates adjacent to the side thereof and above thelip-.edge of the bottle, the loop being thereby closed to retain the corkscrew. The cork of Fig. 5 projects above the lip-edge of the bottle, and hence the inner end of the loop-member 24 may extend inwardly to the side thereof for closing the loop instead of upon the top of the cork in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I show the attachment as modified from the construction illustrated in Fig. 1 to the extent of having the loopy member 25 in said Figs. 6 and 7 terminate at its inner end adjacent to the side of the bottle-lipl 12, whereby said lip is enabled to coperate with said member in securely confining the corkscrew.

In Fig. 8 the modification there shown consists .in having the loop-member 26 turned inwardly'over the body portion of the attachment instead of under thefsame as in the preferred construction. The member 26 at its inner end will be in close relation to the body of the attachment so as to confine the corkscrew and when pressed upwardly, asl on the insertion of the corkscrew-ring thereunder,l will springrback to its initial position so as to close the loop. The loopmember in Fig. 1 also closes automatically.

Inall of theV constructions shown, the attachment serves to -connect the corkscrew with the bottle, the-cork being the means for securing the attachment to the bottle, and in all said constructions'the attachment may be applied to .the cork with the prong driven centrallytherein or in suchy location in accordance with the thickness of the glass in the `bottle as will enablethe loop to properly projectfbeyondthe outer vertical plane of the bottle-lip and permit the corkscrew to hang therefrom at the side of the neck ofthe bottle.

My invention dispenses entirely with the use of rubber bands,strings and the like for temporarily connecting corkscrews to bottles and its use requires no change either in the well-known construction of corkscrew or in `the bottle with which it is to beused.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure byy Lettersv Patent, is:

1. Incombination with a bottle-cork, a corkscrew having an open or ring handle and an attachment Vconnecting said -corkscrew withvsaid cork, said attachment comprising a body-portion extending along the topy of the cork and outwardly beyond the edge of the same, a securing prong integral with the inner part of said body-portion entered into the cork and an integral return bentloop-Inember at the outer end of said body-portion creating a loopI receiving the upperY end of thering-handle of and securing thecorkscrew in a vertically suspended position, the entering yendy ofthe loop being inwardly from the outer end thereof so as to be normally closed when the article is in use and thereby prevent the accidentalk escape of the corkscrew from the said attachment; substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a bottle-cork, a

corkscrew having an open or ring handle ,cork and an integral return bent loop-niem-v ber at the outer end of said body-portionv creating a loop receiving the upper end of p the ring-handle of and securing the corkscrew in a vertically suspended position, the inner end of said return member being against said body portion so as to keep `the.

loop normally closed and being capable of being sprung therefrom toadmit the corkscrew to and permit its convenient removal from the loop; substantially as set forth.

3.1n combination with a bottle-cork, a

corkscrew having an open or ring handle and an attachment connecting said corkscrew vwith said cork, said attachment comprising a body-portion extending along the top of ythe cork and outwardly beyond the edge ofthe same, means at the inner end of.

said body-portion securingthe same to the cork and an integral return bent loop-member at the outer end of said body-portion creating a loop receiving the upper end of the ring-handle of and securing the ycorkscrew in a vertically suspended position, the inner end of said return member being eX- tended inwardly between said body portion and the top of the cork to prevent the accidental escape of the corkscrew from the attachment; substantially asset forth.

Signed at Alton, inthe countyv of Belknap fand State of New `l-lampshire, this 3l day of March, A. D. 191i. f i

Witnesses:

B. L. JONES, N. S. P. CLOUGH.

wittiin vaocKWELL cLoUGH. n

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